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Starting a solidDB server
You can start a standard solidDB server from the command prompt or, in Windows environments, by using Windows menu options.
▪ If you are using solidDB with Shared Memory Access (SMA) or Linked Library Access (LLA), see Starting SMA or LLA servers.
▪ If you are using a diskless server, see Starting a diskless server.
▪ If you want to start solidDB as a service on Windows, see Running solidDB server as a Windows service.
For a description of the options that you can use with the server startup commands, see Command line options.
Complete the following steps to start a standard solidDB server:
1 Ensure that you have a valid license file in your working directory.
2 Start the solidDB server:
▪ On Windows: Either, click Start > Programs > solidDB > Start solidDB server or in the working directory, type the following command at the command prompt:
solid [options]
On subsequent starts, you can run the server in the background by typing the following command at the command prompt:
start solid
▪ On Linux: In the working directory, type the following command at the command prompt:
solid [options]
When you start the server for the first time, use the command-line option -f to force the server to run in the foreground.
Results
When solidDB is started, the server performs the following steps:
1 Reads the value of the IndexFile.FileSpec parameter from the solid.ini configuration file.
2 Checks if there is a database file with the names and paths that are specified in the IndexFile.FileSpec parameter.
▪ If a database file is found, the database is opened.
▪ If no database is found, a database is created, see Creating a new database.
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